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TOUR DE FORCE THEATREpresents

A N I M A L F A R M

Director Barry Goldman Producer: Grantly Marshall

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Tour De Force Theatre Companypresents:

ANIMAL FARM – by George Orwell

Stage adaptation by Ian WooldridgeDirected by Barry Goldman

The Company

Rebecca NaylorMichael Castleton

Edmund WoodDavid LaughtonFiona Putnam

Director Barry L. GoldmanCostumes Alessandra MayerCostume assistant Lindsay Phillips Stage set and props Loretta LipworthMusic Phillip Carleston and

Peter JouclaMusical direction Peter JouclaLighting and Tour Management Christian BaltesUK Administration Stamatina PapamichaliADGE Administration Alexandra LeipoldProducer Grantly Marshall


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DIRECTORS NOTES…

Since ANIMAL FARM was first published in 1945 it has been translated into severallanguages and has been read and enjoyed, studied and analyzed throughout the world.George Orwell originally titled his book, ANIMAL FARM, A FAIRY STORY, andhe said that although it was primarily a satire on the Russian Revolution, it wasintended to have a wider application. This simple story of animals and the events leading up to and following their rebellioncan be seen on many levels: our barnyard is a society or community, the time is boththe past and the present, the inhabitants are individuals whose hopes and dreams ofbuilding a better world are eventually destroyed by the corruption of power.It is a story that is as old as history, a story without end.Here the animal nature is a mirror of the human condition.

Barry L. GoldmanLondon, September 2006

Barry Goldman - Director

Barry Goldman was born in the USAwhere he received extensive training intheatre and dance. In Europe heattended L'Ecole Jacques Lecoq (Paris)and later The Feldenkrais Training inMunich.Barry Goldman was an AssociateProfessor of Theatre at the University ofMichigan (USA) and continues to teachtheatre and movement workshops in France, Germany and in England. 1982-1985 he was an Associate Artistic Director of the Children's Theatre Company,and for ten years Artistic Director of Théâtre Marcadet Paris directing (among others)Molière, Ionesco, and Beckett for French language Tours throughout Europe. Barryhas directed many productions in English for the American Drama Group Europewhich have toured in Europe, Asia and Scandinavia.Since 1996 Barry Goldman has been directing in German. His work has been seen invarious theaters throughout the country, including Braunschweig, Oberhausen, Halle,Neuss and Münster. Recently he also directed a German touring production ofJ.B.Priestley's Ein Inspektor Kommt. He has also created performance projects withthe Salzburger Festspiele in Austria.Barry is delighted to be directing this production of Animal Farm and to be affiliatedwith Tour de Force Theatre.


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George Orwell, whose given name was Eric Arthur Blair, was born on June 25th, 1903in N.W. Bengal. He moved to England as a child and attended Eton from 1917–1921.After finishing school he returned to Burma and joined the Indian Imperial Police. Itwas here that he wrote his first novel BURMESE DAYS which was the beginning ofhis criticism of totalitarianism and support for democratic socialism. In 1927 he leftfor London and Paris and it was during this time that he changed his name. He livedin extreme poverty and worked as a dishwasher, tutor and teacher, living a "tramp-likeexistence mixing with the squalid and the sordid in doss-houses and workhouses".

Orwell published A CLERGYMAN'S DAUGHTER (1935) and KEEP THEASPIDISTRA FLYING (1936) which were critical successes but did not sell well. Hewas married in 1936 and a year later published THE ROAD TO WIGAN PIER. Withthe outbreak of the Spanish Civil War Orwell set off to Barcelona and joined themilitia. It was then that his eyes and consciousness were opened to the treachery ofCommunism. His future political beliefs were conceived and organised during thistime and in particular "his opinion of the essential decency of man, if only it wereallowed to triumph over political and social intrigue and cant".

In 1937 he returned to England but suffered from ill-health which followed him for theremainder of his life. He published COMING UP FOR AIR in 1939 followed by a longessay on Charles Dickens. Because of his bad health he was denied service in themilitary in World War II but in 1941 joined the Indian service of the B.B.C.. His wifedied during the last year of the war and the grieving Orwell went abroad as acorrespondent for THE OBSERVER. Between November 1943 and February 1944Orwell wrote his satire on the Russian Revolution, ANIMAL FARM, which waspublished in 1945. The book was a huge success and finally brought Orwell somefinancial security. He published many essays and works after this, the last being hisgrim, terrifying novel, 1984. He remarried in 1949 and made plans for a new book buton January 23rd, 1950, died suddenly.

Orwell published 13 books and wrote hundreds of essays. Although not considered agreat novelist he wrote cleanly, simply and succinctly like Hemingway and was agenius as a prose stylist.As a man who thrived on contradiction and whose work and beliefs were full ofparadoxes it is difficult to "apply a basic philosophy of belief to his collective works".He believed in socialism but felt it inappropriate for a writer to formally becomeaffiliated with a political party. He was an ardent patriot but criticised the English fortheir "class consciousness, their inablity to think logically and their lack of artisticability". "His fierce honesty and passionate pursuit of truth angered many but madecountless friendships among all sorts and conditions of men; and even enemies beganto respect him."


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Michael CastletonMichael graduated from Dartington College of Arts with a Theatre Degree in 1995.After which he took up proper jobs in Banking and Photography until 1999, when thelure of taking to the stage in tights and makeup became too great. Michael’s early workincluded directing a production ofShakespeare’s ‘Much Ado About Nothing’.He also performed in a national tour of‘Macbeth’ on a bouncy castle, and is proudto have been a silver hotpant clad dancer inthe video for the unsuccessful Russian entryin the Eurovision Song Contest.Recently Michael has played Lysander in‘A Midsummer Nights Dream’ at HamptonCourt Palace, and ‘Macbeth’ for stage andfilm. He also received a big cheque for avery small part in the film ‘Closer’. The partwas cut, but he got to drink tea with JudeLaw, and experience in the flesh the factthat Julia Roberts is much taller than he is.

Fiona PutnamFiona trained at Drama Studio London andthe University of Hull. Her acting workincludes: Viola in a tour of Twelfth Night(Changeling Theatre Company);Desdemona in Othello (EpsilonProductions); Julie in Cosi at the BridewellTheatre (Ocean Theatre Company); Rachelin Snapshots and Bethsheba/ Georgina inThe Ark, The Bride and The Coffin at theOld Red Lion (Fluff Productions);Dymphna in Dance Hall Days at theRiverside Studios (Irish RepertoryCompany UK); and the voice of the furiesin the BBC4 dance film The Furies. Fionaproduced and performed in The PortableVirgin, which premiered at the Bridewell

Theatre and the Martin E. Segal Theater, New York as part of the 2004 off-Broadwayseason.


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Rebecca NaylorRebecca trained at Exeter University and DramaStudio London, graduating in 2000. Careerhighlights since include: "A Christmas Carol" inLondon's West End, an open-air UK tour of castlesand stately homes with Shakespeare's "AMidsummer Night's Dream", "La Boheme" withGrange Park Opera, the hit comedy "I Am Star Trek"at the Edinburgh Festival, the role of Magrat in TerryPratchett's "Lords and Ladies" and a stage adaptationof "Ben-Hur" (in which she got to play yet anotherhorse!) She has also appeared in numerous shortfilms and music videos. As a musician she hasplayed clarinet in the Royal Festival Hall and RoyalAlbert Hall, toured internationally with the National Youth Choir and released twoE.P.s as half of electro-pop duo Oosterdok (www.oosterdok.co.uk). In her spare timeshe enjoys long-distance walking and has just completed a 200 mile trek acrossEngland.

David LaughtonDavid Laughton graduated from the DramaStudio, London in July 2005. Acting credits since graduation include RedLion Square - a six part drama series forAmerican TV, stage performances at the UnionTheatre, London (The Little Dressmaker) , theRiverside Studios (Twelfth Night), theEdinburgh Festival (Lost Hearts) and theNational Portrait Gallery (ConcordiaFoundation presents ‘Shakespeare and Love’). An accomplished pianist, violinist and singer,David also holds a Masters Degree from theJulliard School in New York and has appearedat many of the world’s leading concert venues

including Carnegie Hall in New York, Wigmore Hall in London, RoyalConcertgebouw in Amsterdam and the Louvre Museum in Paris. He recorded his first c.d. for the Marquis label in Canada in 2001 and has broadcaston radio and television throughout Europe and the USA.David was recently hailed by London’s Theatreland Magazine as “an amazingmusician and wonderful comic actor.”


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Alessandra Mayer – Costume Designer.Alessandra studied fine art and painting at theAcademy of Art in Bologna, Italy. In 2002, she wasawarded first prize in a Public Visual Art competitionorganised by the town council of Trento. In the sameyear, she moved to the U.K. in response to a personalneed to extend the boundaries of her artistic language,through the exploration of creative design. In London,she graduated in Costume Design at WimbledonSchool of Art and immediately began to collaboratewith other artists, musicians and choreographers. Sincethen, as a freelance costume designer, she has designedfor a wide variety of projects in dance, theatre, film and arts festivals, includingprojects at The Place, London, Howard Dance Theatre, London Contemporary Danceand the Guildhall School of Music. She has also created costumes for the Notting HillCarnival and the London Mayer’s Thames Festival. In 2005 she was invited to designcostumes for a London production of Animal Farm, directed by Barry Goldman andis delighted to be working with him again on a new production of Orwell’s classicstory for Tour De Force Theatre. She now lives and works in London.

Stamatina PapamichaliAdministration Tour De Force Theatre. Stamatina studiedacting in Veaki School in Athens (1998-2001). She alsoholds a BA in French Language and Literature from theUniversity of Athens. Before moving to London a coupleof years ago, she spent 2 years in Paris studying for a MAin Performance Studies at the University Paris VIII – StDenis. Her dissertation was mainly examining the work ofThéâtre du Soleil. As an actor she has worked on severalshows and films in London, Paris and Athens. She hasalso worked with dancers on two physical shows

(Toisallou & Cats on the roof) that she performed and co-directed. She speaks fluentlyGreek, Polish, French and English and occasionally works as a translator. Stamatinahas been working as Tour de Force’s administrator since May 2006.

Edmund WoodEdmund trained at Rose Bruford College of Speech andDrama in London. Recent credits include Banquo inMacbeth and Bottom in A Midsummer Nights Dream (TheYoung Shakespeare Company), Stephano in The Tempest(The Orange Tree Theatre), Crump in The TitfieldThunderbolt (Third Space) and Nathan in The Sea MorgansChild(Chalkfoot). Film credits include Zebra Crossings andseveral short films.


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Ida Blair and Eric, Motihari,Bengal, 1903.

Richard Walmesley Blair, Eric’sfather, during his retirement in

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Peter Joucla – Musical Director / Director of Tour De Force Theatre.

Peter studied Performing Arts in London. He worked as a teacher andlecturer in colleges in England and Holland before moving full-time intotheatre. He was musical director of ‘L’Amfipiarnaso’ for Trestle TheatreCompany, and more recently for a production of ‘A Midsummer NightsDream’ at Northampton Theatre Royal. He has directed a wide numberof productions, for adults and young people and for the EdinburghFestival. In 1995 he fell upon the American Drama Group, and touredfor several years as an actor, most notoriously as Bill Sikes in ‘OliverTwist,’ and Boxer in ‘Animal Farm.’ Since then he has founded TourDe Force Theatre Company, based in the UK, with whom he hasdirected a wide range of touring productions including Bernard Shaw’s‘The Importance of Being Earnest,’ George Orwell’s ‘1984,’ J.B.Priestley’s ‘An Inspector Calls.’ and Willy Russell’s classic comedy ‘Educating Rita.’In addition to theatre, Peter is a published author, focusing mainly onwork for young people. His book ‘Absurd, Black and Comic Sketches’was published in 1991 and another is due the moment he gets a bit offree time.


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GRANTLY MARSHALL, actor,pro ducer, founder of THE AMERI -CAN DRAMA GROUP EUROPE,begins his 30th season. This is his 187th

production.

GUNNAR FRED KUEHN Cana -dian actor, director, and producer hasbeen with the company for 20 years.He is especially interested in pro -ducing Holland and Italy.

ANGELIKA MARTIN has beeninvolved in cultural management since the 1980’s. After completingassignments with various city gover -nments in Germany, she became freelance and has worked with THEAMERICAN DRAMA GROUPEUROPE for the past 16 seasons.

ALEXANDRA LEIPOLDreceived her degree in ChineseStudies in 2006 from the Ludwigs-Maximilian-Universität, München,and began immediately to work forTHE AMERICAN DRAMA GROUPEUROPE.


THE AMERICAN DRAMA GROUP EUROPE - HISTORY

THE AMERICAN DRAMA GROUP EUROPE was formed by Ohio native Grantly Marshallin 1978 in the city of Munich. It was linked in the beginning to the University of Munichwhere the first performances were held. It expanded quickly to other theatres in Munich andalso began to give guest performances in other German cities. The expansion was continuedto include many countries in Europe and Asia.

The actors come from New York, London, and Paris (in 1985 French theatre performanceswere added to our repertoire) where the productions are cast and directed. The playsperformed include American, British, and French classic and modern dramas such as DEATHOF A SALESMAN, A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE, OUR TOWN, WHO’S AFRAIDOF VIRGINIA WOOLF?, ARSENIC AND OLD LACE, HAROLD AND MAUDE, OFMICE AND MEN, EDUCATING RITA, KING LEAR, THE CANTERVILLE GHOST,AMADEUS, SLEUTH, A CHRISTMAS CAROL, ANIMAL FARM, THE PICTURE OFDORIAN GRAY, OLIVER TWIST, THE BEGGAR’S OPERA, THE IMPORTANCE OFBEING EARNEST, THE GLASS MENAGERIE, LE PETIT PRINCE, EDUCATING RITA,RHINOCEROS, HUIS CLOS, LE BOURGEOIS GENTILHOMME, ANTIGONE, FABLES,EXERCICES DE STYLE, CAT ON A HOT TIN ROOF, DAVID COPPERFIELD, THEGREAT GATSBY, MOBY DICK, PYGMALION, THE GRAPES OF WRATH,MAUPASSANT, DR JEKYLL AND MR HYDE, MACBETH, THE GHOSTS OF POE,DINNER FOR ONE, CANDIDE.

The goal of THE AMERICAN DRAMA GROUP EUROPE is to perform high quality theatrein as many countries in the world as possible. Our 2005-2006 schedule, May 2005-May 2006,includes the following productions:

KING LEAR, LE PETIT PRINCE, A CHRISTMAS CAROL (2 productions), EDUCATINGRITA, MACBETH, FRANKENSTEIN, MOON PALACE, L´ETRANGER.

In 1994 THE AMERICAN DRAMA GROUP EUROPE began touring European Castles.CASTLE TOUR 2007 THE TEMPEST features many illustrious places and surprises. Weare hoping to make it a pan-European tour. Wish us luck with the weather.

We hope that you will be able to attend and enjoy our performances and wish you all the bestfor the coming theatre season.

Grantly MarshallTHE AMERICAN DRAMA GROUP EUROPE Munich, October 2006

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T H E A M E R I C A N D R A M A G R O U P E U R O P E

PresentsTHEATRE SEASON 2006/2007

CASTLE TOUR 2006 - TAMING OF THE SHREW - William Shakespeare

ANIMAL FARM - George Orwell

HUIS CLOS - Jean-Paul Sartre (French Language)

FRANKENSTEIN - Mary Shelley (Smith/Stebbings)

EDUCATING RITA - Willy Russell

A CHRISTMAS CAROL - Charles Dickens (2 versions)

KING LEAR - William Shakespeare

FAHRENHEIT 451 - Ray Bradbury

MACBETH - William Shakespeare

SHORT STORIES - Joseph Conrad, William Somerset Maugham, Salman Rushdie

L´ETRANGER – Albert Camus (French Language)

CASTLE TOUR 2007 - THE TEMPEST - William Shakespeare

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